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LevelPaper on European and Comparative Social Security Capita Selecta (B-KUL-C04A2A)
Aims
The main aim of this paper is to show the student is able to carry out on his own and in interaction with other participants, scientific research relating to social security. The course holder, taking into consideration the specific fields of interest of each participant, decides the topic of the paper. The paper has to be comparative and/or European and is to integrate the knowledge and skills of more than one mono-discipline. The paper has to reflect the capacity of the participant to integrate the various courses he/she followed in this Master into his/her own scientific activity.
Previous knowledge
Applicants for this Master in Advanced Studies must have a university degree, obtained after at least four years of study in one of the following fields: law, criminology, economics and applied economic sciences, political sciences, sociology or communication sciences, public health, medicine or dentistry. More specifically, this means that they need a Master degree (or equivalent degree). Applicants must also have taken at least one course (equivalent to a minimum of 5 study points) relating to social security in order to obtain this university degree. In exceptional cases, especially when the applicant shows long-term involvement in social security, persons with another academic degree may be admitted upon motivated request.
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Articles and literature
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Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
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STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBEL: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.
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The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
Activities
20.0 ects. Paper on European and Comparative Social Security Capita Selecta (B-KUL-C04A2a)
Content
Students are to write a paper on an assigned topic (see also aims).
Aims
The main aim of this paper is to show the student is able to carry out on his own and in interaction with other participants, scientific research relating to social security. The course holder, taking into consideration the specific fields of interest of each participant, decides the topic of the paper. The paper has to be comparative and/or European and is to integrate the knowledge and skills of more than one mono-discipline. The paper has to reflect the capacity of the participant to integrate the various courses he/she followed in this Master into his/her own scientific activity.
